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W. P. SMITH. Water-Elevator.

No. 228,688. Patented June 8,1880.-

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER F. SMITH, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

WATER- ELEVATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 228,688, dated June 8, 1880.

Application filed March 26, 1880.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WALTER FRANK SMITH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn. in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Water-Elevators, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of elevators in which the water is deposited in a receiver located within a case or shed, whenceit discharges by a spout projecting from the case.

' It is common to connect the spout to the re ceiver by-mcans of an elbow which has a screwthread engaging a corresponding thread on the spout, but this connection demands considerable labor, not only in the formation of the screw-threads, but also in the operation of coupling the spout with the elbow.

The general object of my in ventionis to facilitate the connection ofthe spout to the receiver; and to this end it consists in the combination of the followinginstrumentalities, namely: a receiver, a nozzle projecting from the bottom of the receiver, a case or shed, to the interior of which the receiver is fastened, and a dis charge-spout, constructed with a flange for its attachment to the case and with an upward bend at its inner end to receive the nozzle of the receiver, as hereinafter more fully described.

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure I shows the elevator in vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 2 is a like section of a portion thereof in a larger scale than in the previous figure. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the receiver. Fig. 4 is a like section of the spout.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

The letter A designates the receiver, and B its nozzle; 0, the case, and D the discharge- (No model.)

spout. The receiver A is preferably made of sheet metal, and it has an opening, j, which embraces the whole top area and also a part of one side of the receiver, and the edges of which are stiffened by flanges g. The nozzle B projects from the bottom of the receiverA. The spout D is preferably cast, and it has a flange, h, intermediate of its ends, while it is bent upward at the inner end, as at 1'.

When the elevator is put up, as over a well, the receiver A is fastened to the interior of the case Gin a suitable position to receive the water that is elevated by buckets 0 attached to an endless chain. The bent inner end of the spout D is then passed through a suitable opening in the side of the case 0, so as to receive therein the nozzle B. In this position of the spout D the flange h is brought up against the outside of the case 0, and this flange is then fastened by screws or other similar means, so as to firmly attach the spout to the case. In this manner a simple and effective connection of the spout and receiver is obtained.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the receiver, the nozzle projecting from the bottom of the receiver, the case, to the interior of which the receiver is fastened, and the discharge-spout, constructed with a flange for its attachment to the case and with an upward bend at its inner end to receive the nozzle, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WALTER FRANK SMITH.

Witnesses:

W. HAUFE, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

